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2022-08-24 - A paper published in Nature Communications details a new blood test to detect cancer that features the work of Brian Cunningham, a faculty affiliate in the Department of Chemistry, and Xing Wang, research associate professor of chemistry and co-director of the Center for Pathogen Diagnostics.

2022-08-23 - Graduate student leaders in the Department of Chemistry offer advice to first-year PhD students on how to navigate graduate school and share a highlight from their own first year in the graduate program.

2022-08-16 - The Department of Chemistry's newest group of St. Elmo Brady scholars — Alexis Duncan, Kaya Moody, and Kyla Duke from Howard University — just finished 10 weeks of a summer research experience in chemistry labs on the UIUC campus.  

2022-07-22 - The award recognizes outstanding achievement by undergraduate students in physical chemistry and encourage students to further their pursuits in the field. The recipients, who are nominated by their institution, have demonstrated excellence in physical chemistry and related fields based on research, coursework, and/or dedication as defined by the nominating institution.

2022-06-30 - Dr. Wei Zhang received his BS in chemistry from Peking University in 2000, and his PhD in chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with Professor Jeffrey Moore in 2005.

2022-08-12 - A research team led by chemistry professor Paul Hergenrother reports a new molecule's ability to fight drug-resistant bacteria in lab experiments and in mice with pneumonia and urinary tract infections. The researchers say fabimycin may one day be used to treat antibiotic-resistant infections in humans.

2022-08-10 - These five SEED awards announced by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement offer Cottrell Scholars the opportunity to start high-risk, high-reward new research, granting each recipient $50,000 for their projects.

2022-08-08 - An Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow, Ben Snyder is excited to join the Illinois chemistry faculty where he can tackle some of society’s most pressing challenges, including green catalysis and environmental remediation.

2022-07-25 - Chemistry professor Paul Hergenrother and veterinary clinical medicine professor Timothy Fan lead a team of researchers in a study showing evidence that a new compound called everafenib may provide an opportunity to increase therapeutic efficacy in difficult-to-treat diseases like cancers that begin in the brain.

2022-07-20 - The Radding award was established in 1994 by the Silicon Valley Section of the ACS to recognize demonstrated, dedicated, unselfish leadership, service and significant contributions, over a sustained period of time, to industrial, academic, or applied chemistry and to the American Chemical Society at local, regional and national levels.

2022-07-27 - A Harvard Law professor and highly regarded environmental lawyer and author, Richard Lazarus says he learned the value of rigor, education and discipline as a dual major in chemistry and economics at Illinois.

2022-07-25 - Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from UIUC and other institutions come together for a brief, yet intensive electrochemistry training program created by UIUC chemistry professor Joaquín Rodríguez-López.

2022-07-18 - University Scholars program recognizes faculty members on the University of Illinois System's three campuses for their excellence in teaching, scholarship and service.

2022-07-12 - Zhao, a chemical and biomolecular engineering professor and affiliate faculty member in chemistry, develops and applies synthetic biology tools for industrial and medical applications and studies the fundamental aspects of enzyme catalysis, cell metabolism, and gene regulation.

2022-06-24 - Chemistry professor Martin D. Burke and biochemistry graduate student Stella Ekaputri were part of a team that found a small molecule, hinokitiol, ferries iron out of liver cells lacking the protein that normally does the job and restores hemoglobin and red blood cell production.